NSW / EOD

to protect personnel and property

purpose of Navy EOD

July 1978

EOD community officially organized as warfare community

May 1941

Mine Disposal School founded

January 1942

Bomb Disposal School founded

1953

first two Navy EOD commands established

Draper L. Kauffman

• “father of naval combat demolition”

• established Naval Combat Demolition Unit Training School in Fort Peirce, FL

• intended to train personnel for European operations in WWII

• organized Bomb Disposal School based off British model

June 1943 / Fort Peirce, FL

When and where was the NCDU Training School established?

Naval Combat Demolition Units

NCDUs

• six-man teams

• Seabees

• European operations in World War II

• Operation OVERLORD (Normandy)

• Suffered 52% casualty rate

Underwater Demolition Teams

UDTs

• In response to challenges faced in amphibious landing on Tarawa

• Nov. 1943

• Pacific Theater

• training in Maui, HI

• mine clearing & demolition raids

April 1944

• 34 NCDUs deployed to England

• Operation OVERLORD

• invasion of France on beaches of Normandy

November 1943

When were UDTs founded?

Direct Action

Special Reconnaissance

Counterinsurgency

Counterterrorism

Security Force Assistance

Foreign Internal Defense

Primary Core Tasks (6)

direct action

short-duration strikes and small-scale offensive actions; ambush, combat swimmer ship attacks, combat search & rescue, close quarters combat; Ex. Osama Bin Laden raid

special reconnaissance

acquiring info. concerning capabilities, intentions, and activities of enemy

counterinsurgency (COIN)

development of host nation security forces; ex. teams dispersed throughout Afghanistan to reestablish local security; Village Stability Operations

counterterrorism

prevention, deterrence, and response to terrorism

security force assistance (SFA)

professionalization and the sustainable development of the capacity and capability of foreign forces

foreign internal defense

enable the foreign government to provide for its country’s national security

Information Operations

Unconventional Warfare

Preparation of the Environment

Secondary Core Tasks (3) “IUP”

Conservation of Forces

Sustained Engagement

Timing

Support

NSW limitations (4)

Korean War

UDTs would perform mine clearing and demolition raids during the _______.

canal clearance

UDTs performed _____________ operations during the Vietnam War.

1961

CNO stressed need for naval unit with unconventional warfare capabilities

1962

JFK established SEAL Teams ONE and TWO

UDTs

Personnel from the _______ made up the first SEAL teams.

Vietnam War

• advisors

• clandestine maritime operations

• reconnaissance

• direct action missions

1987

When was the United States Special Operation Command (USSOCOM) established?

Operation JUST CAUSE

• invasion of Panama to topple Noriega dictatorship

• seized Paitilla Airfield

SOCS Edward Byers

SOCM Britt Slabinski

Which two SEALs were most recently awarded the Medal of Honor in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM?

mission of NAVSPECWARCOM

man, train, equip, deploy, and sustain NSW forces

9,250

2,700

1,100

750

700

4,000

NSW force breakdown

• _______ personnel

• _______ SEALs

• _______ civilians

• _______ reservists

• _______ SWCC

• _______ Combat Support (CS) and Combat Service Support (CSS)

11, 2

NSW constitutes __% of USSOF and less than __% of the Navy’s forces

6

How many platoons are in a 300-member SEAL team?